Mr. Winch Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I'm reading:New Destroyer #3: Dead Reckoning. They rebooted the series. On one hand, the original author is back. On the other hand THEY REBOOTED THE FRIGGING SERIES! Well, techinally, they threw into trash heap the last ten or fifteen books and started from "after the holiday" aproach. They can do that. About half way through and its terrorists, terrorists and terr.....no wait. There's a (formerly) mythical djinn creature also. Let's see where this goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I've been told I should pick up Stephanie Meyer's "The Host". Have any of you read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 http://forums.nightly.net/index.php?showtopic=51229 Try the second page-- most of the talk about The Host seems to be there. I'm not a fan of the Twilight series, but there are a TON of Book Clubbers that are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Yeah, I'm not into the Vampire thing so I don't think I would enjoy Twilight, but this sounded reasonable enough. Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Solo Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. Apparently this dude is Stephen King's son so I thought I'd give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 stephen king has a son? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Solo Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Yeah, and it was news to me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung Fu Jawa Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I started reading "The Shining" on the plane this weekend. It's friggin awesome! King pretty much sets up the fact that Jack is going to kill his family in the first couple of chapters. The knowing makes it that much more horrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Kargan Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I started reading "The Shining" on the plane this weekend. It's friggin awesome! King pretty much sets up the fact that Jack is going to kill his family in the first couple of chapters. The knowing makes it that much more horrifying. Best horror story ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfinYoda Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I just finished reading The Undead Kama Sutra by Mario Acevedo. It is another Vamp book, kinda odd actually. It is a mystery, the main character is Felix Gomez who survived the war in Iraq and then turned vamp. The Vamp world use his skills as a P.I. There are aliens in this book, which is kind of odd to me, though why the hell not? Anyhoo, Felix's friend who was an alien gets killed and is charged by his friend to "Save the Earth Women". Apparently there are aliens, illegally buying human females to sell on other planets as pets, pampered ones at that. Humans don't know about the aliens, just like they don't know about Vamps. I don't really recommend this book to anyone, unless you get curious. I picked it up for the title alone. There are nympho vamps in the book, also, the Vamps Felix associates with do rituals in Santeria, voodoo magic, where they let a specific spider bite them and it lets them walk among the living during daylight hours. Getting tan, looking normal. However, you have to get bitten once a month, otherwise, if you don't and forget, you'll get fried in the sun. It was strange. Apparently Mr. Acevedo has another novel out that was acclaimed, but I don't know if I want to read. I'll have to look it up and read a snippet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm 2/3 of the way through Cryptonomicon and it's getting really interesting. I got A Little Princess from the library last night, and I'm pumped to read it again. I will also be starting a book on CD during my 8-10 hours of bus rides this weekend. (Stupid car sickness!) It's a crime mystery/romance from the sounds of the writeup on the back. I don't remember the name of it. I spent like an hour in the library last night just looking for books. It was super fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I'm in the middle of Blood Rites.After that it's the Vampire Wars Trilogy, the rise, reign and fall of Von Carstein family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 weird you're in the middle of Blood Rites! I just looked at my shelves a few minutes ago and though, "I should really reread that"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Harry in the middle of a porn movie ? What's not to love about the book ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Just started Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy. Always been rather intimidated by Tolstoy's reputation and the length of his books but so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung Fu Jawa Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I've had that on my shelf for a couple of years now. You're right. It is somewhat intimidating. WHile I'm reading the SHining, I also have a bookmark slowly moving forward in Shogun, which is another lengthy tome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Kargan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I'm in the middle of Blood Rites.After that it's the Vampire Wars Trilogy, the rise, reign and fall of Von Carstein family. Funny that. Vampire wars is my next also, once I'm done with the best of H.P Lovecraft. Keep me busy a month or so that one will. If you're really into the Warhammer universe and the vampires in it, check out the Warhammer Armies: Vampire Counts supplement. Whether you play the table top wargame or not (I don't) it's still an interesting read if you're into this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It's a game manual right ? I was thinking next from Warhammer world either the Witch Hunter trilogy or one of the Heretic books. There's of course the Malus the Darkblade series and a Sigmar book whose title I forget right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Kargan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It's a game manual right ? I was thinking next from Warhammer world either the Witch Hunter trilogy or one of the Heretic books. There's of course the Malus the Darkblade series and a Sigmar book whose title I forget right now. It is a game manual. Good info though, if you're into warhammer at all. If you do go with the witch hunter trilogy, let me know how you get the books, 'cause they seem to be out of print where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 An omnibus with the three books is coming to stores 3rd of November. I'm getting mine via either British or German Amazon since they are closest to me postage-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Ah, here's one for you in Canada. And you get it almost a week before than I. Unfair.http://www.amazon.ca/Matthias-Thulmann-C-L...640&sr=1-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANFAN Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I haven't had any time for fun reading lately. I am jumping all around between chapter in the Dave Ramsey book Financial Peace Revisited. Joe and I are taking a Dave Ramsey workshop and they're sending us home with homework - see above. Actually, so far it's been pretty interesting, if somewhat basic, information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Kargan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 An omnibus with the three books is coming to stores 3rd of November. I'm getting mine via either British or German Amazon since they are closest to me postage-wise. In that case, I'll just keep an eye out for it at my local bookstore. There's a cool place not far from where I live that specializes in gaming and sci-fi books. If they don't get it, it won't be available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Kargan Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Darth Virul, If you're into warhammer novels, give Masters of Magic by Chris Wraight a read (if you haven't already). It's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I started with The Vampire Genevieve books and I'm going to continue to the Vampire Wars because they (von Carsteins) got mentioned a lot of time as a reference point in the Genevieve stories. I'm going to pick up the Sigmar and Konrad books at sometime in the future because they were refered to also. So I'm kind of hopscotting in the Warhammer series but if the Wizards get refered in those future books I'm reading, sure I'll get the Masters of Magic too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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